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The motorcycle has made countless number of movies better. From the chopper in Easy Rider to Tom Cruise’s Kawasaki crotch rocket in Top Gun, the cool factor has been amped up so many times, it’s kinda hard to keep track. … Continue reading →

How well do you know cars? Can you recognize a 1953 Corvette when you see one? OK, but now, can you recognize that Vette when only seeing the front end? Test yourself with the Auto Icon print series from Nomo Design. … Continue reading →

Can you identify a big-name brand just by its logo? Probably. But what if the words are spelled with Chinese characters? It’s a question we never really thought to ask ourselves until Istanbul-based designer Mehmet Gözetlik confronted us with his … Continue reading →

What do some of the biggest, nastiest villains of retro kid culture look like when they get posterized in 80s-era pastels? Ridiculous. In a great kind of way. Illustrator Rocky Davies is paying homage to the characters he grew up … Continue reading →

8-bit video games (Super Mario Bros., for example) hardly seem like the kind of things you’d spot hanging on museum walls, but in the hands of Beacon, NY-based artist Adam Lister, what’s old and familiar is new and beautiful again. … Continue reading →

What does heavy metal from the 80s have to do with 50s-era jazz? Very little, we’d say, aside from maybe both styles being despised by cranky parents at the time. But Brazilian artist Rafael Melandi begs to differ, and he’s … Continue reading →

Have you watched all the extras on your Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray set yet? No? OK, well, spoiler alert and everything, but some of those scenes in the original trilogy were simply… paintings. Yes, matte paintings have been … Continue reading →

Hey, before you book that mid-February getaway to Miami, have you considered a 4 day/3 night stay on Kepler-186f? Lovely little place. Just make sure you charge up your phone, what with it being 500 light years from Earth and … Continue reading →

Have you ever tried to small talk a wedding photographer? We’ve found they usually lean towards the cranky side. Maybe it’s all that squinting they do, or maybe it’s just the fact that they’re being bombarded with the same cliché and somewhat insulting … Continue reading →